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And he [Pope Francsis] said, ‘You know you don’t need, you don’t need to be in the Church, you are part of the Church, you don’t physically need to be in it, inside it you know to be part of God’s family like.’

The Pope is exactly correct. Either that or a host of elderly and infirm, who receive the Eucharist at home and in nursing homes because they can't travel to a church building, are condemned to hell.

Hm, who to believe...

FWIW: What I personally believe (and is at odds with many traditional Catholics) is that "The Church" extends beyond the Roman church (and obviously beyond a particular church building's walls) and to some of the rest of the Christian community (not including fallen mainstreamers, prosperity gospel, etc.), but there is no way in [heck] an individual's soul will get directly to heaven without receiving The Body in a Catholic Church (literally). end of run-on Ironically, the ones outside the Catholic Church proper don't believe in Purgatory but that's where they're headed (best case). But then I am ICD-10 F60.1 so what do I know?